Hey there!
I''ve recently become interested about cryptocurrencies (and this forum, as well) so I'd like to learn more about it and I'll probably think about investing in them in future. But before I do, I'd like to learn about the technical side of it.

Could you please explain to me, as easily as possible, how does mining work? How does it happen that we "mine" bitcoins and that we get them?

I try to understand but I can't find anything but technical descriptions, and since I'm not so familiar with this, I need a simple explanation

Thanks a lot